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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title II: Information to be provided by distributors and rules of conduct

Article R521-1

I.- Pursuant to I of Article L. 521-2, the distributor shall provide the subscriber with the contact details and address of its complaints department, where one exists, and shall inform the subscriber…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Record-keeping relating to investments, contracts, claims and reinsurance

Article A343-4

A permanent inventory of investments must be kept under the following conditions: a) Entries and withdrawals of investments must be recorded therein, independently of their entry in the accounts, no l…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Definition and status.

Article R121-5

The single body mentioned in article R. 123-1 receives, under the conditions laid down in this book:1° In the single declaration file for setting up the business, where applicable, the declaration of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Registration of rights in immovable property

Article 2521

…hich is provided for by the provisions of this code, other codes or civil legislation applicable to Mayotte, the following are registered in the land register, for the purposes of opposability to thir…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R214-104

To assess the limit referred to in Article L. 214-39, account is taken of :1° In the denominator, the assets mentioned in 1° to 4° of I of article R. 214-87 ; 2° In the numerator :a) The debt of the r…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Association employment vouchers and company service vouchers

Article D1272-1

The employee identification declaration referred to in article D. 133-13-1 of the Social Security Code includes the following information: 1° Information relating to the employee provided for in 2° an…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to the immediate payment of fixed fines resulting in the loss of driving licence points

Article A37-27

I. - On the front of slips no. 2, 3, 4 and 5, on the left-hand side of "B. Encaissement", the offender and the ticketing officers affix their signatures under the words: "He acknowledges having been i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Participative finance service providers

Article D547-2

Where the provider of equity crowdfunding services asks the AMF to withdraw its authorisation, it shall transfer the existing contracts to another provider of equity crowdfunding services authorised t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article R533-19

I. - The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall collect, under the conditions defined by order of the Minister responsible for the economy, the information referred to in c and d of Ar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The application for a business licence.

Article R752-7

The application shall specify, in addition to the information provided for in Article R. 752-5, the following information:1° For the natural person applicant(s): surname, first name, address, telephon…

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